Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-01-21

The Barre Enterprise has recently been
enlarged and otherwise improved.
The Vermont Savings bank of Brattle-
boro according to it, annual statement
has deposits now amounting to s2,01G,0O0
There are now 325 incardescent electric
lights in Rutland, 300 Of which are being
used all the time and 3G occasionally The
electric light company Is now making ar
rangemeuts to increase the number to 400
lights.
J. II. S'ratton of East Franklin bae
leased the =. Adams house, at st. Al
bans.
Robert O. Jones, cigar dealer Of Fair
Haven and Mcclure Bros, dealers in or
gans, etc, of Rutland have gone into in
solveucy.
The receipts Of the St .Tohnsbury post
office during the past quarter were II little
over $500, which is larger than any pre-
vous quarter since the reduction of post
age
A petition is in circulation praying for
a daily mail route from West Burke to
Westmore via Willoughby Lake. There
i no route at all there now, and West
more people get their mail three times
week from Barton Landing.
George Van Dyke of McIndoes bought
recently $4,000 acres of timber land, with
Canton steam mill, boarding houses and
all personal property going with il, for
$50, 800 This land lies on the Androscog-
gan river, and cost twice the amount 1t
sold for: The property is probably pur-
chased for the Connecticut River Lumber
company, which owns nearly 10000 acres
of other land in that locality.
/ The annual meeting of the Orange
County Agricultural society was held
at Bradford, Wednesday, January II,
at O'Clock p. m. w. H. Gilmore
was elected I president Charles Jones
lee, secretary ; Henry Whitcher II. w.
Reyes, Newbury, vice presidents John
H. Sawyer, general superintendent ;
George 4. Sawyer, Newbury, marshall !:
Oliver Rogers, j. W. Bliss, j. II. Watson,
audi -ors.'
At the annual meeting of the stockhold.
erS of the Caledonia county publishing
company, publishers of The RepublicdH,
IA dividend of two per cent was declared
| from the net earnings OF tue year.
The Peoples Trust company of st. Al
bans began business Monday morning at
9 o'clock, in the old bank building on
Main street
II is stated that the Canadian authOri-
ties have issued number of licenses for
net fishing III Missisquoi bay. From II to
| Is seineS Will be operated by the MlsSiS-
quot bay fishermen tins winter and com
ing spring
The White Mountain Medical society
nelo hs annual meeting III WoodsNille
MeuheSaay' Inc loilowlhS olli9ers We're
br l.. w. Hanson. Bradford vice nresi
dent DR. @ II Royntnn Iisnon secrp
tniy DR. & r Gihs1m Nondsville
/, L. r.,,or,,1 ~, E,ir IL, 49,, Inv,
, new local nancy rallad tha Trjtuinb
and that il is 10 he manaVed nv Frank ~
= Rpdfield tormerIv rnnnected with IN,
Rntland UcrUII
rLa pon, tIo,,.,. .o,,o,i,.;o,, ro L,ro,,I,
lin countv at IT'S ANIMAL meetlnG At Shell
} don last week. DECIDED 10 retain Superiu
tpudent smith and wife for the ensuin.
year. The expenses of the association 70
! the past year were $249S So
+ Nanum of RristoI ,vho nroduca,
20 Ooo nonnds Of comm and coo0 nounds a
! extract honey, with ,l5 colonies in lSS1
saws, 20 wears ago honey brought 30 cent
: per pound. while at present the price i
less than half that amount, and the pric
: Will undoubtedly 90 lower.
} In the two wears since the new publ
library WAS opened AT Woodstock tn
whole number of cards issued was 9GS an,
during he year 1865 92l3 persons hay
? taken 49, 44 books.
e The docket for the February term q
. Orleans county court. contains l2l civ
The oldest case is Grave, and ComstocB
:. entered III 1874, The term begins IueS
= uaN' IepIualS l. anu Ohlel '"eO'Ce i'os0